Edmund giefobd stauettow



LMLMB Unc-. M 1924.

E. G. STAUNTON WALL PAPER ROLL Filed Oct. 8. 1923 Patented @et ld, i924.

le tN `i EDMUND GIFFORD STAUNTON, OF ']OE%()1\IT QNTARIO, CANADA.`

WALL-miran Ro'LL.

Application tiled 0`ctober8, 1923. Serial No. 667,088.

To all whom t may conce/m:

Bel it known that I, EDMUND Girronn STAUNTON, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, Province of Ontario, Canada, a subject of the King of Great Britain, have invented certain 'new and useful Improvements in VVall-Paper Rolls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to the Wrapping ot' rolls of wall paper which are provided with what are known as semi-` trimmed selvages, that is, margins partly severed so `that they may be torn 0H when the paper is to be hung. To protect the partly trimmed margins, rolls of such semitrimmed paper are usually sentout with the ends taped with strips of gummed paper, and frequently also with a band or tape about the middle intended to prevent the accidental tearing of the exposed. end of the web ofpaper. Such a roll possesses at least two `well marked defects. In the first place, it is impossible to see the pattern of the paper and thereis therefore a strong temptation for any one handling the roll to tear back the exposed end of the web and, once this web is torn, it is very liable to continue tearing back with constant handling when in stock. In the second place, despite the taping, the exposed end of theweb is liable to tear accidentally, and this tearing is aptto extend back as suggested above and spoil an appreciable partv of the paper. My object therefore is to devise better protection for the exposed end of the web, and also to provide means for displaying the pattern of the paper and to do this without adding appreciably to the cost of production of Jthe roll either for material or for labor.

I attain my object by applying over the exposed web end one or more pieces of paper cut from paper similar to that contained in the roll, and which may be termed samples.`

In one form a single rectangular strip is secured by a suitable adhesive all along the exposed web end, and is overlaid by the end tapes. In another form a plurality of separate samples are similarly secured along said web end, none of which need underlie the end tapes. In yet a third form the samples are formed of ungummed paper and underlie the tapes aforesaid. These ungummed samples are so shaped and applied that their greatest extension lengthwise of the roll is along the line of the exposed end of the web, while they extenda material distance round the roll under the bands. The

best results are attained if all parts of the sample` pieces, when it is laid flat, are substantially contained within a circle struck from the center of the sample and touching its points of greatest extension, which must be directed either substantially circumferentially or lengthwise of the roll. A substantially diamond-shaped form gives very satisfactory results, though the sides need not be straight lines, and circular or oval formslalso give good results.

I End that the stiffness given the sample piecesby `their curvature round the roll is sufficient to cause them to closely hug the roll and bind down the edge of the web despite the fact that no adhesive material is used except on the bands which hold them in place. rIhis is of very great importance in the production of the roll, as the only extra operation in the taping of the rolls is the dropping of the'sample pieces on the paper tapes and, as this isdone at a time when the operator would otherwise be idle, the labor cost is not increased. The only added cost therefore in the production of the roll is the cost of producing the sample pieces which is practically negligible. i

The invention is illustrated `in the accompanying drawings in which- Fig. l is a side view of a roll of wall paper Wrapped in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 a side view of a modification;

Fig. 3 a side view of a further modification;

Fig. aan end elevation of a wrapping 2 tape and sample piece such as shown in Fig. 3 as they would appear in position on a rol of-paper, their thickness being exaggerated;

Fig. 5 a plan view of the form of sample piece shown in Fig. 3; and

Fig. 6 a similar view showing various modifications.

In the drawings l represents the exposed end of the web of paper forming the roll.

In Fig. l, I show a rectangular sample piece 3, which is secured by an adhesive along the exposed web end. The ends of this strip are secured under the gummed paper bands or tapes 2 which are applied about the `ends of the roll. INith this arrangement the web end is perfectly protected and the pattern of the paper well shown. If more of the pattern lengthwise of the paper is required to be shown without using too much paper, a plurality of separate sami ple pieces may be used, Which', if made of diamond shape,- c'ain loe eut Without Wast'e5'and in the aggregate contain no more kpaper than the continuous strip.` Seey Fig. y2.v f .o

When the' lowest possible oost' is the desideration, I employ a guinmed tapeinterniediate the ends, and apply under the said-middle tape or band: a sample .piece 3,-" preferlaloly diamond-shaped, as such pieces can be cultv Without Waste andW-itliout thev use of special cutting dies. This piece is Withoutaia-yi'adhesiaiefanld is heldin place vley the overlying tape; It is positioned as'shown diagonal's extend-ing, one Circumfeentifally andthe 'other .lengthwise ofthe rollover the end of the web andi, owing to i its' yeuifved form', it hugs the rol-l tight-ly' at l points an'dvpresents no edges or corners liable' to Catch on projecting'- parts when the rollf-i's turned' in a bink er otherwisehandled. See Fig.

= For extrasaiety' Where the slight eis-tra expense-isY-not a consideration, twointermediatie hands and sample pieces may alsobe used, practically entirely protecting the web end and giving'- aj Better" showing o'r' the pattefrnoi' the' paper than that gifven by' a sin- I'n Figlllj show how the shapeV off the saml-le'p-i'eee' may 'be' uVaried and .more or less satisiaetory results attained.VA A, B5 G,- D vis aflsquare infpwhieh is' inscribed* a` circle E'. Fliesdu-'are 'formg unless used as diamond',

.is inadmissible', afs the corners cannot be eausedto hug thelroll Closely. Thek circular form is'geodggandalso any form approxi'- mating',` the circle, suehfaslthe ellipse vGr. .The oetagna'l. form,k obtained by .cutting oli;1 the corners of the square 'along the linesF F, sfiiet qute'fsd goed;

is ai; Case-s; the sample ySimula' patently l Y be` applied', ifi itl departs much.' from a. Cireu-y larf orrn'fWi/'th its greatest vextension either approximately parallel to the axis 'of th'eroll "also substantially' at right angles'v thereto. When asa-triple is'soarrangedit follows that substantially all ,parts of its edges are inclined to' the1 aii'is of thefroll btlli ireumferentially and longitudinally and it is this double inclination Which causes the piece to l-ie so closely to* the surface of the roll that it is not easily caught and torn, though only held on the roll by its cireumferentially extended middle portion.

l/Vhat I Claim isz- 1. A roll of Wall paper having` a separate sample' piece of r paper positioned over its exposed web end; and an adhesive handles'- tendiiig eireuinferentially ef the roll` and securingsaid sample piege in place, said sain*- ple pieee,y when in; position,\ havingJ substan-v tially all parts of its edges inclined tol the axis ot the roll both eircumferential'ly and' longitudinally.

9,. rollof Wall' paper having a separate diamond ,shaped sample piece positioned over its eylposed webA end with its diagonale extending eircumferentially and longitudinally of the roll; and an adhesive band exten-ding oireuinferentiallyof the rollend securing said sample piece in position',

ple pieces positioned over its exposedweb end, each With its diagonals extending eireuinierentiallyv and longitudinally of the roll, said samplefpieees beingsecuredin p osition oir the rollby their eireum'ferentially extended middlev portions. d I x Signedl at; Toronto, Canada, this lstY day of CtOber, '1923.l f' f EDMUND einem! suite-aros. 

